Consulting agreement review checklist

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Overview

This article explains how clients and consultants should review consulting agreements, including scope, deliverables, fees, IP, confidentiality, conflicts and termination.

Key points

• Consulting agreements need a clear scope and expected output
• Reporting, meetings and deliverables should match the fee structure
• IP, confidentiality and conflict-of-interest rules should be reviewed carefully
• Termination and fee settlement should be practical for both sides

Practical perspective

In practice, this topic should be reviewed together with the transaction structure, internal approval flow, counterparty relationship, business priority and risk tolerance. Generative AI can support initial organization, comparison and drafting, but attorneys or the legal team should remain responsible for final legal judgment.